There's another article out of Milwaukee out there today about the Mike Maddux situation, where Ken Macha is expected to be named the manager of the Brewers.
It confirms that Maddux will be able to talk to the Rangers once his contract expires on Friday.
Meanwhile, the leading candidate to take over as pitching coach in Milwaukee, should Maddux leave, is...Rick Peterson, the other candidate for the pitching coach job in Texas, and Macha's former pitching coach in Oakland.